Moebius - The Orb of Celestial Harmony
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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Khantun is traditionally a peaceful land, with no army or wars. Former leader Kaimen has turned to using his powers for evil, and the land has not withstood his aggression. The Holy Ones have been kidnapped, the land instead ruled by an evil group of monks. It is down to the player to vanquish Kaimen and restore the path of righteousness.

The game combines top-viewed role playing elements with combat action. The player explores the lands, but when encountering unfriendly people the player must fight, using swords or martial arts moves, as well as long-range missiles and magical powers.

Trivia

According to Greg Malone, Moebius was the first ever animated martial arts combat computer game, and was the first game ever to use digitized live actors as templates for game characters.

Origin always added interesting little knicknacks with their games in the 80's and early 90's. This game came with a headband!

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Description from the packaging:

A new dimension in fantasy role-playing games from the creators of the Ultima series.
Moebius
Orb of celestial harmony.
'Twas in the year of the Yak that the disciple Kaimen abandoned the one true path of Moebius the Windwalker and stole the orb of celestial harmony. The ensuing nine months have brought devastation and ruin to Khantun, death and suffering to our people. The self-styled Warlord of the East Wind fled along the four-fold path and set up his base of operations in the Realm of Fire. He has imprisoned the Holy Ones who keep the shrines of Moebius on the planes of earth, water, and air- and has installed his own evil monks in their stead. Hundreds have died on his crosses of bamboo and the rest of our people are oppressed by his armies of rebel guards and hordes of dread assassins.

Our beloved Khantun groans under the burden of the tyrant's horrors. The rains have increased tenfold and the land is buried under ever increasing forests. The very earth trembles and shakes as his legions tread upon it. Savage tigers have smelled the carnage and left the hills to prey upon our people as they toil in the fields and forests. Our rivers and streams are infested with giant water beetles and mandibles capable of rending the staunchest warrior from limb to limb. The dreaded forest demon has returned to plague all who travel the land. Surely the long told age of doom is upon us!

Khantum has not maintained an army for ten generations. Since the Windwalker has showed our people the path of peace there has been no need. Now we are woefully unprepared and the people fall to the Warlord as grain to the reapers scythe. Are there none among the disciples of Moebius who can help us restore harmony to the land? Can you not save our world?
Fully animated combat system- martial arts or swords
Three-dimensional perspective graphics
Dynamic gaming system with constantly changing field of play
Two types of magic, plus magical combat
Missile combat
Training arena

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Controls : 

Fighting :
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I  O  P

K  L  :

<  >  /

A -  Left

S -  Right

Map:
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O  -  N
P  -  NE
:  -  E
/  -  SE
>  -  S
<  -  SW
K  -  W
I  -  NW

E  -  Examine
C  -  Talk
T  -  Throw
U  -  Ponch
S  -  Hit
G  -  Get
L  -  Silence
M  -  Magic

Q  -  Save
R  -  Restore
